Schlüsselwörter

Schwangerschaft Ältere Mütter Ältere Väter

Pregnancy with older mothers and fathers

Abstract

For women who delay pregnancy until the higher age groups, there is a higher risk of infertility, chromosomal aberrations, a poorer result with attempts at IVF, preeclampsia, placenta previa, diabetes mellitus gravidarum, cesarean sections, stillbirths, maternal admission to intensive care units and a higher rate of maternal mortality. This has mainly socioeconomic reasons as well as an increased utilization of contraceptive measures. For oocyte donation the rate of maternal problems also increases with higher age. Chromosomal aberrations alone are only associated with the age of the donor. Even the age of the father seems to play an enormous role in the outcome of pregnancy: however, the available literature on this topic is still inconsistant.

Ford WC, North K, Taylor H et al (2000) Increasing paternal age is associated with delayed conception in a large population of fertile couples: evidence for declining fecundity in older men. The ALSPAC Study Team (Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood). Hum Reprod 15:1703–1708CrossRefPubMedCentralGoogle Scholar